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Name: CARPMAEL, Henry Gifford

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Birth Date: 5.8.1865 Lambeth, London

Death Date: 15 Dec 1954 Worthing

Nationality: British

First Date: 1897

Last Date: 1902

Profession: Uganda Railway - Asst. Engineer; Makindu June 1899; Senior Asst. Engineer.

Area: Makindu

Married: In Dormansland, Surrey 29 June 1905 Mary Ellen Sanderson Hunter b. 1875 Lambeth

Children: Elizabeth Frances (11 May 1906 Brighton); Nancy Sanderson (18 Sep 1909 Steyning-1990); Pamela Mary (18 Dec 1912 Dormansland)

Book Reference: North, Curtis

General Information:

North - From London; UK Appt. as Asst. Engineer 20-10-1896; engaged in survey work on arrival; in charge of platelaying from Mile 80 to Mile 160 Aug 1897-May 1898; Maintenance Division, Makindu June 1899; Senior Asst. Engineer, Earthworks Division; dep. Mombasa end of contract 15-1-1902
North - 'A slack rotter' (McGregor-Ross, RH)
Curtis - p. 39 - mention of him on the train to Nairobi 15/8/1899
1939 England and lWales Register iving with wife and dau Elizabeth in Hastings, as 'civil engineer retired'

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